Bucharest is among the priciest European cities for international education, ranking 13th out of 32 in new research by the International Schools Database comparing international school fees in 2024. The Romanian capital surpasses the average, placing it ahead of cities in countries typically associated with lower education costs.
Switzerland and the United Kingdom were the most expensive countries in Europe for international schools, with median prices exceeding USD 20,000 per year.
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The government has reportedly been sued for failing to organize the election for Bucharest mayor within the legal deadline of 90 days from the vacancy of the post, according to Antena3.ro. The authors of the complaint are not disclosed, but the reformist...
Romania's isolationist party AUR consolidated its leading position in two polls carried out by Avangarde and CURS, although the scores and the advance versus the primary challenger – the Social Democratic Party (PSD) – differ significantly between the two estimates. The isolationists' leading position, still not challenging the combined score of the four parties in […]
Romania's public debt surged by RON 21.5 billion in May alone and by RON 70.7 billion year to date, reaching RON 1.035 billion (EUR 204.1 billion) or 57.8% of GDP at the end of May, according to data published by the Finance Ministry. Romania's public debt rose by RON 70.8 billion (EUR 14 billion) […]
The giant Procter & Gamble recently started a production line in Romania, at the Urlați factory in Prahova County, according to Revistaprogresiv.ro. The company will produce Lenor scented pearls here, one of the company's latest innovations in fabric care. Four years ago, the company inaugurated...
The CFA Romania Association's Macroeconomic Confidence Indicator increased by 2.3 points in August, to a still very modest level of 37.2 points, with both components (current conditions and expectations) in the recessionary side of the 0-100 point scale. The indicator bottomed out in July after the newly formed government pushed the first package of budgetary […]
The first package of budgetary measures legislated in July will have an impact of 3% of GDP on the next year's general government's budget, bringing it down to 6% of GDP, prime minister's adviser Ionut Dumitru, Raiffeisen Bank chief economist and former Fiscal Council head, told
